diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 234f96f..ecd13b3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.19.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 	github.com/theopenlane/beacon v0.1.0
-	github.com/theopenlane/core v0.4.3
+	github.com/theopenlane/core v0.4.4
 	github.com/theopenlane/echo-prometheus v0.1.0
 	github.com/theopenlane/echox v0.2.0
 	github.com/theopenlane/entx v0.2.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 55e83f7..c644141 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -402,8 +402,8 @@ github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.6.0 h1:9NlTDc1FTs4qu0DDq7AEtTPNw6SVm7uBMsUCUjABIf8
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.6.0/go.mod h1:Dk4QP5c2W3ibzajGcXpNraDfq2IrhjMIvMSWPKKo0FU=
 github.com/theopenlane/beacon v0.1.0 h1:cyGx18rbaJTZT8pRcqMMvg+kN6uh86X4OoDahQp6VnE=
 github.com/theopenlane/beacon v0.1.0/go.mod h1:gOJAanQzfmDF3FIyv7Lwx16bKI7YPkJx1iRT4SdcBW4=
-github.com/theopenlane/core v0.4.3 h1:LLbBATWXWD2gzSxffP4CQwYwnqDmIBwMOln7h0/9ZFA=
-github.com/theopenlane/core v0.4.3/go.mod h1:L3zLnzhiU5WPlJ1tBjGlZVjCcWU3twVC9mngCLqURWU=
+github.com/theopenlane/core v0.4.4 h1:LWORDGeXdQ9uE/zYbkN32vs6lDd76mFUAU9V8mTwnfU=
+github.com/theopenlane/core v0.4.4/go.mod h1:L3zLnzhiU5WPlJ1tBjGlZVjCcWU3twVC9mngCLqURWU=
 github.com/theopenlane/echo-prometheus v0.1.0 h1:1zMejBVHe5w4zLHS+k5FV9S/46QBiwO6ggTSKi6r/7E=
 github.com/theopenlane/echo-prometheus v0.1.0/go.mod h1:Eiiv1ZLXKMsteQ3T+H1tFfSSZuXSvQfZp95qr5hmGkA=
 github.com/theopenlane/echox v0.2.0 h1:s9DJJrsLOSPsXVfgmQxgXmSVtxzztBnSmcVX4ax7tIM=